Show #8265 2020-10-23 (taped 2020-08-18) Regular

Contestants

Jamelle Shannon — a senior crime scene analyst from Las Vegas, Nevada

Brian Adams — an educator from Big Bear Lake, California

Colin Davy — a data scientist originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Colin $1,600 $4,600 $8,200 $8,200
2nd place: $2,000
$9,200
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Brian $-400 $2,400 $9,200 $17,201
New champion: $17,201
$8,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jamelle $1,600 $3,000 $8,600 $4,600
3rd place: $1,000
$10,600
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A CATHOLIC EDUCATION ANAGRAMS, HOW NOVEL! A NUMBER BETWEEN 3 & 5 HISTORIC OBJECTS DAME YANKEES IDIOMS
$200 [19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The Catholic church's Latin cross has variations; two of them are the patriarchal cross for archbishops and cardinals and thethree-part crossthat symbolizes the man with this title
the pope
Colin
$200 [12]
Four legs good & bad:"FAR MAILMAN"
Animal Farm
Colin
$200 [1]
4 kids born at once; it's a cooler way of saying you had twin twins
quadruplets
Colin
$200 [30]
Therocking chairhe was sitting in, the night he was assassinated in 1865, somehow ended up at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan
Lincoln
Colin
$200 [5]
In 2014 this actress who used a British accent in "Tomb Raider" was made an honorary dame for her humanitarian work
Angelina Jolie
Colin
$200 [3]
A part of a garment is mentioned in this phrase that means "I accidentally called you from my cell phone"
pocket dial
Brian Jamelle
$400 [20]
If sincere, this formal admission of sins to a priest is followed by absolution, aka reconciliation
confession
Jamelle
$400 [13]
Hard-boiled favorite about a pilfered avian:"HEELS OF CATTLEMAN"
The Maltese Falcon
Jamelle
$400 [18]
Totally irrational in 1706, mathematician William Jones came up with this symbol
pi
Jamelle
$400 [17]
President Reagan urged, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down" this, & you can see part of it at the Reagan Library
the (Berlin) Wall
Colin
$400 [29]
Husband Bill was knighted in 2005; 9 years later, she was recognized for her work running their foundation
Melinda Gates
Colin Brian
$400 [4]
An aircraft's limit, not a stationery item, is in this phrase for going beyond the usual range
push the envelope
$600 [21]
From the Latin for "new", it's a person who has joined a Catholic religious order but who hasn't yet taken vows
a novice
Brian
$600 [14]
The future after Ford: "WARNED VERB OWL"
Brave New World
Colin
$600 [11]
Without wild cards, 4 of a kind in poker is tough to beat--only these 2 hands can do it
a straight flush & a royal flush
Colin
$600 [16]
At his namesake museum in Florence, you can see his telescopes & the lens with which he discovered 4 large moons of Jupiter
Galileo
Colin
$600 [25]
Angela Ahrendts was honored as a dame for her work running this British fashion brand known for its plaid
Burberry
Jamelle
$600 [27]
A part of the lawn is mentioned in this phrase that refers to the rank & file
grass roots
$800 [22]
"For the greater glory of god" is the motto of this Catholic order focused on education
the Jesuits
$800 [15]
About young German soldiers:"NO FRET STREWN QUAIL TELETHON"
All Quiet on the Western Front
Brian
$800 [10]
This alphanumeric designation is the Army saying we don't want you
4-F
Brian
$800 [9]
At Arlington National Cemetery, amast from this battleship overlooks the graves of those killed when it exploded in 1898
the Maine
Colin
$800 [7]
Honored for her AIDS charity work, this Oscar-winning actress: "I've always been a broad...it's (great) to be a dame"
Elizabeth Taylor
Brian
$800 [26]
In the theater, it threw a powerful beam on one actor, so "to be in" it is to bask in the full glare of the public's attention
the spotlight
Brian
$1,000 [23]
The 3 formal vows taken by men & women of the church are chastity, obedience & this
poverty
Brian
$1,000 [24]
By Toni Morrison:"SONS OF MONOLOG"
Song of Solomon
Colin
$1,000 [2]
Pestilence, War, Famine & Death make up this biblical quartet
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Jamelle
DD $1,000 [8]
For more than a century, Greece has asked Britain for the return of the Elgin Marbles, mostly taken from this ancient temple
the Parthenon
Colin
$1,000 [6]
She moved to the U.S. as a child, but this late actress was made a dame in 2017 at age 100; she passed away in 2020
Olivia de Havilland
Brian
$1,000 [28]
Overly flamboyant writing is known by this colorful phrase
purple prose
Colin

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT IS SO SOCAL OPERA HYBRIDS MOVIE SUM-UP HELPFUL HINTS IT STARTS WITH "U"
$400 [17]
Many Southern California kids got turned on to Renaissance art by Mona Lisa in bricks at this theme park
Legoland
Jamelle
$400 [15]
Fans of a previous Figaro adaptation booed & hissed at the premiere of this Rossini opera--later performances went better
The Barber of Seville
Colin
$400 [27]
This hybrid monster is a riddle itself: a human head on a lion's body
the Sphinx
Jamelle
$400 [7]
A cop saves his troubled marriage by visiting his wife in L.A. & killing a bunch of people in her office building
Die Hard
Colin
$400 [29]
This traditional 4-word phrase tells you which way to set your clocks at the start & end of daylight saving time
fall behind, spring forward
Brian
$400 [30]
This technology uses sound waves to take images inside the body
ultrasound
Colin
$800 [26]
Erected in 1923, the Hollywood sign was originally an advertisement for a real estate development with this 13-letter name
Hollywoodland
Brian
$800 [16]
A ship's captain is cursed to sail the seas forever unless he can find a faithful wife in this Wagner opera
The Flying Dutchman
Jamelle
$800 [14]
Like Chiron, Pholos was one of these man/horse creatures
a centaur
Colin
$800 [28]
Ben Affleck takes an international business trip & pretends to be Canadian to avoid getting hassled by locals
Argo
Colin
$800 [3]
Math students may know that in the operations order mnemonic "Please Excuse My Dear aunt Sally", "Dear" represents this
divide (division)
Brian
$800 [1]
This diacritical mark gets its name from German for "about" & "sound"
umlaut
Brian
$1,200 [25]
The first of these large birds hatched in captivity was born at the San Diego Zoo in 1983
a California condor
Brian
$1,200 [20]
The Grisettes performing this high-kicking dance in act III is a highlight of "The Merry Widow"
the can-can
Jamelle
$1,600 [12]
This goaty creature appears in titles by Hawthorne & Debussy
the faun
Brian
$1,200 [10]
Messrs. Gregory & Shawn talk... & talk some more... & some more... & more... & that's it
My Dinner with Andre
Colin
$1,200 [4]
"Double O, double K, double E" helps you to spell this job correctly
bookkeeper
Brian
$1,200 [2]
A street kid, or oddly, a hedgehog
an urchin
Jamelle
$1,600 [19]
These mountains of Southern California share their name with strong, hot, dust-bearing winds of the region
the Santa Anas
Colin
$1,600 [22]
The title character of "Norma" is a high priestess of this Celtic class
the Druids
Jamelle
$2,000 [11]
This mythic creature is a serpent with a bird's body; the real lizard of the same name can walk on water
a basilisk
Colin Brian
$1,600 [9]
Peckin-pow! Holden & Oates are part of a bloody, bloody good supergroup to avenge Angel
The Wild Bunch
$1,600 [5]
When playing bridge "Sally Has Dirty Children" helps you remember this order of suits from highest to lowest
spades, hearts, diamonds & clubs
Brian
$1,600 [18]
Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill were proponents of this philosophy that answers the question "what ought a person to do?"
utilitarianism
Colin
$2,000 [24]
This California farm city associated with country music was originally the home of the Yokuts people
Bakersfield
Jamelle
DD $2,000 [23]
Henry Kissinger & Mao Tse-tung are characters in this 20th century opera
Nixon in China
Jamelle
DD $2,400 [13]
A favorite decorative motif of the Middle East, this mythical creature is also an in-house favorite at "Jeopardy!"
a griffin
Brian
$2,000 [8]
Death takes a chess holiday; your move, Max von Sydow
The Seventh Seal
Brian Jamelle
$2,000 [6]
In the mnemonic "God's Excellent Love Never Dies", the first 2 words stand for these 2 Bible books
Genesis & Exodus
Jamelle
$2,000 [21]
There are 3 "U"s in this term for "omnipresent"
ubiquitous

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY SUPREME COURT CASES

Part of the dissent in this 1896 landmark case read, "In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law"

Plessy v. Ferguson

Colin "What is Plessy v. Ferguson?" — wagered $0
Jamelle "What is the Dred Scott Case?" — wagered $4,000
Brian "What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?" — wagered $8,001

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